Adventures of Superman to hit DVD soon.

Now for some great news for people as constantly juvenile as me --
Warner Brothers in the States has confirmed to press in the States
that as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the truly
astounding, very wonderful 'The Adventures of Superman' television
series with George Reeves will be coming to DVD in 2005!

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On 17 Dec 2004 22:35:43 -0800, (anthony)
wrote:
>Now for some great news for people as constantly juvenile as me --
>Warner Brothers in the States has confirmed to press in the States
>that as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the truly
>astounding, very wonderful 'The Adventures of Superman' television
>series with George Reeves will be coming to DVD in 2005!

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"anthony" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Now for some great news for people as constantly juvenile as me --
> Warner Brothers in the States has confirmed to press in the States
> that as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the truly
> astounding, very wonderful 'The Adventures of Superman' television
> series with George Reeves will be coming to DVD in 2005!

Cool! I'd actually like to see the serials too. I'm more interested in them
than the TV show.

how can it be very wonderful?
please explain because you sound like someone who has never watched it on tv
because if you had you would not want to get it on DVD.
"anthony" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Now for some great news for people as constantly juvenile as me --
> Warner Brothers in the States has confirmed to press in the States
> that as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the truly
> astounding, very wonderful 'The Adventures of Superman' television
> series with George Reeves will be coming to DVD in 2005!

"hamonga" <> top-posted in message
news:8F7xd.78456$...
> how can it be very wonderful?
> please explain because you sound like someone who has never watched it
> on tv because if you had you would not want to get it on DVD.
> "anthony" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Now for some great news for people as constantly juvenile as me --
> > Warner Brothers in the States has confirmed to press in
> > the States that as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the
> > truly astounding, very wonderful 'The Adventures of Superman'
> > television series with George Reeves will be coming to DVD in
> > 2005!

I know what you mean. Some of the stuff was pretty lame. For example, in
nearly every episode, a gangster would unload his gun on Superman and
Superman would stand there with the bullets bouncing off his chest.
Then, the gangster would throw the empty gun at Superman and The Man of
Steel would duck out of the way. Totally ridiculous.

The first Superman TV season had intelligent scripts and starred Phyllis
Coats, who played the best Lois Lane ever. This tough broad knew how to
snoop, scoop and get the poop:

"Phyllis Coats was the first Lois Lane on a recurring television series.
Her abrasive Lois might actually have given Kidder's a run for her
money. This was a no-nonsense Lois who saw journalism as a goal totally
uncluttered by romance, or even the desire for romance. She was one of
the few depictions of the character who had did not go gaga over the Man
of Steel and her relationship with Clark Kent could sometimes border on
contempt."

"However, despite her hard-as-nails character trait, she truly did seem
to care about the people she covered in her stories and saw journalism
as a way to help them."

The Phyllis Coates version of Lois Lane was very similar to the way that
the character was portrayed on the radio serial.

After the departure of Phyllis Coates, and her replacement by Noel
Neill, the series went downhill very quickly. The plots usually involved
Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen getting kidnapped and tied up someplace and
then having Superman rescue them in the nick of time.

hamonga wrote:
> how can it be very wonderful?
> please explain because you sound like someone who has never watched
> it on tv because if you had you would not want to get it on DVD.

The series hasn't held up well over time, but a lot of times people want
things for nostagia if no other reason. Especially if you grew up with
something, it can always seem pretty terrific to you, even if no one else
"gets it".

I sure can't talk about anyone wanting this series, seeing as how I dig
Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek.

That's just your opinion. Not necessarily correct.
In fact, Phyllis Coates was a total bitch!
I reckon Noel Neill was much better.

"One-Shot Scot" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "hamonga" <> top-posted in message
> news:8F7xd.78456$...
> > how can it be very wonderful?
> > please explain because you sound like someone who has never watched it
> > on tv because if you had you would not want to get it on DVD.
> > "anthony" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Now for some great news for people as constantly juvenile as me --
> > > Warner Brothers in the States has confirmed to press in
> > > the States that as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the
> > > truly astounding, very wonderful 'The Adventures of Superman'
> > > television series with George Reeves will be coming to DVD in
> > > 2005!
>
>
> I know what you mean. Some of the stuff was pretty lame. For example, in
> nearly every episode, a gangster would unload his gun on Superman and
> Superman would stand there with the bullets bouncing off his chest.
> Then, the gangster would throw the empty gun at Superman and The Man of
> Steel would duck out of the way. Totally ridiculous.
>
> The first Superman TV season had intelligent scripts and starred Phyllis
> Coats, who played the best Lois Lane ever. This tough broad knew how to
> snoop, scoop and get the poop:
>
> "Phyllis Coats was the first Lois Lane on a recurring television series.
> Her abrasive Lois might actually have given Kidder's a run for her
> money. This was a no-nonsense Lois who saw journalism as a goal totally
> uncluttered by romance, or even the desire for romance. She was one of
> the few depictions of the character who had did not go gaga over the Man
> of Steel and her relationship with Clark Kent could sometimes border on
> contempt."
>
> "However, despite her hard-as-nails character trait, she truly did seem
> to care about the people she covered in her stories and saw journalism
> as a way to help them."
>
> The Phyllis Coates version of Lois Lane was very similar to the way that
> the character was portrayed on the radio serial.
>
> After the departure of Phyllis Coates, and her replacement by Noel
> Neill, the series went downhill very quickly. The plots usually involved
> Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen getting kidnapped and tied up someplace and
> then having Superman rescue them in the nick of time.
>
> http://www.redboots.net/loislane/actress.htm
>
>

I'll never forget the Superman episode from this series where Lois
Lane gets a speeding ticket for doing 30mph in a 55mph zone.

NewcastleBoy

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 06:35:00 -0800, "One-Shot Scot" <>
wrote:
>
>The first Superman TV season had intelligent scripts and starred Phyllis
>Coats, who played the best Lois Lane ever. This tough broad knew how to
>snoop, scoop and get the poop:

"vavud" <> wrote in message
news:41c63168$...
> That's just your opinion. Not necessarily correct.
> In fact, Phyllis Coates was a total bitch!
> I reckon Noel Neill was much better.

Well, yeah.

But I also liked Rosa Klebb in _From Russia With Love_.

Noel Neill came by the Lois Lane part honestly because the was the
original girl reporter in the _Superman_ serial of the late 40s:

"Superman is a Columbia Serial, with all the shortcomings that entails.
Bad writing, bad acting, cheap effects, bad costumes (Hell, the only
time somebody changes outfits is when Clark Kent becomes Superman.
Otherwise they wear the same clothes throughout, including an
unfortunate choice of hat for Lois Lane that makes her look like one of
the dancing mushrooms from "Fantasia" for 15 chapters)."

People would ask Miss Neill why she and everyone else always wore the
same stupid outfits in every episode. She said it was because they shot
all of the interior scenes at the same time and they would need to wear
the same costumes in order to maintain continuity throughout the series.

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